User talk:VoguePlease

Hi, I noticed that the claimed figures section for Michael Jackson's sales estimate states that he has sold approximately 400/350/300 million records. I would like to point out that all three of these figures have been retrieved from sources dating back to 2009; precisely around time of his death. Therefore, the claimed figures of 400/350/300 million not only puts him strangely close to Madge but they also don't appreciate the occurrence of posthumous sales. This[7] Billboard article written on June 25th, 2011 clearly states that within two years of his death, Jackson sold 26.9 million records in the United States alone as well as 50 million records ww within his one year anniversary. In fact, within two weeks of his death Jackson's posthumous sales were the highest ever, stripping Elvis Presley and John Lennon of their titles. It seems that all of the sources estimating Jackson's sales (as well as the country by country tally) are extraordinarily dated to either before or very close to his time of death. Lastly, I think that the specific source used for his Japanese certified sales aren't counting anything before 1989.

Thanks for reading, I'm sort of obsessed with the significance of posthumous considering that's how Presley sold nearly half of his total tally. VoguePlease (talk) 11:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)